Pedestrians run along Broadway in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 as a strong storm blasted wind and rain through the area. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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A tree limb lays on the sidewalk in the Park Slope neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York after a brief but severe storm passed through the area on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Graham Morrison)

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Residents in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York circle around a car crushed by a fallen tree, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Residents in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York circle around a car crushed by a fallen tree, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Rob Spillman uses a chain saw to cut branches from a fallen tree in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. Joseph Van Eken, right, assists in removing the branches. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Residents in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York circle around a car crushed by a fallen tree, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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A man steps through fallen branches in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Henry Sealine, right, his wife Grace, center, and friend Chuck Swanson examine the damage outside their house on 110th Street after severe storm moved through in the Queens borough of New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Daniel P. Derella)

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Stephen Wylie talks on the phone while inspecting the torn up roof of a house in New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A fast-moving storm packing winds of up to 100 mph ripped through the city Thursday, knocking down trees and power lines, tearing off roofs in one Brooklyn neighborhood and leaving one person dead. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Firefighters gather near a group of houses whose roofs were damaged during a storm in New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A fast-moving storm packing winds of up to 100 mph ripped through the city Thursday, knocking down trees and power lines, tearing off roofs in one Brooklyn neighborhood and leaving one person dead. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Emerald Camille tries to cover a hole in the roof of a friend's house after it was damaged by a storm in New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A fast-moving storm packing winds of up to 100 mph ripped through the city Thursday, knocking down trees and power lines, tearing off roofs in one Brooklyn neighborhood and leaving one person dead. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

A city inspector surveys damage to homes that lost roofs during a fierce storm, along Quincy Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. The National Weather Service is investigating whether a tornado touched down Thursday evening during the storm. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Building inspectors survey damage to homes that lost roofs during a fierce storm, along Quincy Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. The National Weather Service is investigating whether a tornado touched down Thursday evening during the storm. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Building inspectors survey damage to homes that lost roofs during a fierce storm, along Quincy Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. The National Weather Service is investigating whether a tornado touched down Thursday evening during the storm. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)